Intrauterine insemination with or without mild ovarian stimulation in couples with male subfertility due to oligo/astheno- and/or teratozoospermia or antisperm antibodies: a prospective cross-over trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1009-1011

  Francavilla, Felice ^a   Sciarretta, Filomena ^a   Sorgentone, Sara ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Santucci, Riccardo ^a   Barbonetti, Arcangelo ^a   Francavilla, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONASI; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SPERM ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SUBFERTILITY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CLOMIPHENE; COITUS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MENOTROPINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69049098829     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.112     Document Type: Article

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